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title: "8 Short Quotes By William Shakespeare"
description: "8 Short quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Short sayings from other authors."
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> [“life is too short, so live your life to the fullest..every second of your life just treasure it..”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/life-is-too-short-so-live-your-life-to-the-fullest-every-second-of/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [“It will be short; the interim is mine, And a man's life is no more than to say 'one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/it-will-be-short-the-interim-is-mine-and-a-man-s-life-is-no-more-than/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/william-shakespeare-4_interim_it-will-be-short-the-interim-is-mine-and_489643.jpg)

> [Ten kisses short as one, one long as twenty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/ten-kisses-short-as-one-one-long-as-twenty/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/william-shakespeare-4_kissing_ten-kisses-short-as-one-one-long-as-twen_1448124.jpg)

> [O gentlemen, the time of life is short! To spend that shortness basely were too long, If life did ride upon a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-gentlemen-the-time-of-life-is-short-to-spend-that-shortness-basely/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f6/william-shakespeare-4_arrivals_o-gentlemen-the-time-of-life-is-short-to_1558980.jpg)

> [Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/pleasure-and-action-make-the-hours-seem-short/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [the time of life is short; To spend that shortness basely were too long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/the-time-of-life-is-short-to-spend-that-shortness-basely-were-too-long/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d8/william-shakespeare-4_life_the-time-of-life-is-short-to-spend-that_2592302.jpg)

> [This is the short and the long of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/this-is-the-short-and-the-long-of-it/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/william-shakespeare-4_inspirational_this-is-the-short-and-the-long-of-it-277_2778152.jpg)

> [A time, methinks, too short To make a world-without-end bargain in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-time-methinks-too-short-to-make-a-world-without-end-bargain-in/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/william-shakespeare-4_bargains_a-time-methinks-too-short-to-make-a-worl_3159121.jpg)

## Other authors on Short

## More by William Shakespeare

> [Let us kill all lawyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/let-us-kill-all-lawyers/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-horse-a-horse-my-kingdom-for-a-horse/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [O tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's hide!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-tiger-s-heart-wrapped-in-a-woman-s-hide/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/time-hath-not-yet-so-dried-this-blood-of-mine-nor-age-so-eat-up-my/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/divers-philosophers-hold-that-the-lips-is-parcel-of-the-mouth/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/short-time-seems-long-in-sorrow-s-sharp-sustaining/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; Being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/love-is-a-smoke-made-with-the-fume-of-sighs-being-purg-d-a-fire/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by my weary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-measuring-his-affections-by-my-own-which-then-most-sought-where/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/ask-god-for-temp-rance-that-s-th-appliance-only-which-your-disease/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [“Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep’st so sound. Julius Caesar (2.1.248-251)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thou-hast-no-figures-nor-no-fantasies-which-busy-care-draws-in-the/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Truth needs no color; beauty, no pencil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/truth-needs-no-color-beauty-no-pencil/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Have you not heard it said full oft, A woman's nay doth stand for naught?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/have-you-not-heard-it-said-full-oft-a-woman-s-nay-doth-stand-for/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Omittance is no quittance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/omittance-is-no-quittance/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [“Yes, madam: yet I cannot choose but laugh, To think it should leave crying and say 'Ay.' And yet, I warrant, it had upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/yes-madam-yet-i-cannot-choose-but-laugh-to-think-it-should-leave/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [I take thee at thy word: Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-take-thee-at-thy-word-call-me-but-love-and-i-ll-be-new-baptized/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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